| A | B |
|---|
| poser | to put down; lay; ask; pose; set |
| le sol | the soil; groud; floor |
| le piéton, la piétonne | the pedestrian |
| une bourrade | a thump; prod |
| un automate | a robot; automaton |
| malgré | in spite of |
| le chandail | the sweater |
| enfiler | to slip on; thread |
| le froid | the cold |
| jaloux | jealous |
| la quiétude | the tranquility |
| autour de | around |
| les gens (m) | the people |
| se presser | to hurry up; flock |
| un masque | a mask |
| la figure | the face |
| davantage | more |
| paraître | to appear; show; seem |
| être de retour | to be back |
| la foule | the crowd |
| avoir l'air (de) | to seem; appear |
| dégagé | casual; clear; bare |
| confiant | confident; trusting |
| au terme de | at the end of |
| l'enfance (f) | the childhood |
| reconnaître | to recognize |
| le visage | the face |
| apercevoir | to make out; catch sight of |
| droit devant lui | straight ahead of him(self) |
| laisser | to leave; allow |
| la cabine téléphonique | the phone booth |
| bouger | to move |
| soupconneux | suspicious; mistrustful |
| la façon | the way |
| un étranger, une étrangère | a foreigner; stranger |
| une contenance | a self-esteem; capacity; attitude |
| suivre | to follow |
| le procès | the trial; lawsuit; case |
| la gorge | the throat |
| se serrer | to squeeze up; tighten |
| une geste | a movement; gesture |
| d'un coup | at one stroke; all at once |
| maigre | skinny |
| dévisager | to stare at |
| baisser | to lower |
| la joue | the cheek |
| s'enrouler | to wind; curl up |
| s'enfiler | to thread; slip into |
| la narine | the nostril |
| disparaître | to disappear |
| zigzaguer | to zigzag |
| provenant de | coming from |
| provenir | to come from; stem |
| quelconque | any; whatever; ordinary; any old |
| le flacon | the small bottle; flask; decanter |
| la noix | the nut |
| la muscade | the nutmeg |
| mélanger | to blend; mix |
| couler | to pour; flow; run; sink |
| la senteur | the scent |
| border | to line; border; edge |
| la rivière | the river |
| lâcher | to let go; release |
| une épaule | a shoulder |
| sourire | to smile |
| s'entendre | to get along |
| s'emplir (de) | to fill up (with) |
| le caillou | a pebble; stone |
| posséder | to possess |
| une deux-chevaux | a classic, inexpensive, two horse-power car |
| la couleur | the color |
| un abbé | a priest; abbot |
| assis | seated |
| l'arrière (f) | the back; rear |
| écarquillé | wide-eyed |
| la fuite | the flight; escape |
| haut | high |
| la vitre | the windowpane |
| se demander | to wonder |
| ficher | to do |
| un bout | a tip; end |
| affamé | starving |
| repu | full |
| l'avidité (f) | greed; eagerness |
| un endroit | a place |
